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Mass.gov

Finding a Job during Challenging Economic Times
Discover how to create a recovery plan, cultivate resilience, explore career options, update your resume, network virtually, and improve your job search and interview skills.
Access LinkedIn Learning / Lynda.com through your library card

Career Transitions retires 9/30/20. Download your resume for use in (NEW) Peterson’s Career Prep.

Peterson's Career Prep
Discover which careers suit you best, research potential career options, and explore the requirements and outlooks for the occupations you're interested in.

Vocations and Careers - Gale OneFile
articles on job searching, building a career, and more
Entrepreneurship - Gale Business
real business plans, how-to-guides, articles, and more

Creating a good LinkedIn profile
manage your professional brand, create opportunities, build your network, and track your professional milestones

boston.com | Monster
Boston area job postings and advice from the Boston Globe + boston.com
Boston Startup Guide
lists hiring startups in Boston along with tech jobs and internships
Hire Culture
Massachusetts Cultural Council's searchable database of cultural employment opportunities
MassHire JobQuest
Massachusetts online job bank
townofmilton.org
employment opportunities in the Town of Milton, MA

Career Builder
one of the largest online employment sites with more than 1,900 partners, including over 140 newspapers
Careerjet.com
brings together job listings from jobs boards and recruitment sites
Dice.com
the leading careers site for technology and engineering professionals
HigherEdJobs.com
search for academic jobs
Indeed.com
search job listings from thousands of websites, including jobs boards, newspapers, associations, and company career pages
Idealist.org
employment, internship, and volunteer opportunities to advance social impact careers
Mashable
tech, digital, and social media job postings
Monster.com
job postings and career resources
Simply Hired
search jobs from jobs boards, classifieds, and company sites, and follow employment trends
U.S. Census jobs
2020 Census jobs
USAJOBS.gov
find federal jobs in Massachusetts or around the country
ZipRecruiter
job listings and trends

Digital skills training
basic computer and Internet skills tutorials
Lynda.com
digital courses to help you learn new software and business skills; log in with your library card
Test prep
catalog of digital materials that can be checked out from OverDrive with your library card
Class Central
compiles free online (MOOC) course listings offered by Stanford Coursera, MITx, Harvardx, Berkley x Udacity and more
Khan Academy
non-profit educational organization that produces micro lectures in the form of YouTube videos
Pronunciator
foreign language learning tool available through your library card; customize a course for your occupation

Register online here
allows you to borrow materials from OverDrive downloadable collections (you don't need to register online if you already have a library card)

Applying for jobs online
offers instruction on the process of filling out and submitting a job application
Online job searching
provides an overview of looking for a job online
Create resumes
learn how to create and edit resumes in Microsoft Word

Community tracing jobs
Partners in Health is hiring Contact Tracers, Resource Coordinators, and Case Investigators to help control the COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts